Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-11


But Il is 10 conversation one sees
her st her best. As she speaks her face
lights up SO that st times SIZE appears
really handsome. She was q favorite
with all, from the Oldest trustee to the
latest student. When ally of the elumr 8
came back to visit their old haunts Ct
Pougbkeepsie, one of the first things they
would do Yves to call upon her. She Was
the personifcation Of Alma Mater.
But she Is going to be married. One of
the many traditions given to the girls, in
their freshman year has been about Miss
BrSis,in and love affair. The
story ia that when she went to
Poughkeepsie to be first assist
ant in the chemical snd physical
laboratory she either was then, or had
been, engaged to be mirIied. But some
thing happened and her wedding day
never came. IL used TO be told that her
betrothed met some one else in time and
got married and had children and became
very rich. Meanwhile Miss Braislin re-
manned ct her collie giate work unmoved
oy cutters. Sac plunged vigorously into
her duties and in 1875 became professor
OF mathematics. There is distinction
made ct Vasssr between the faculty OF
The former have votes about college
matters and the latter do not. Miss
Braislin was one of only three women
VINO hid voice and vote at faculty meet
ings. She made her course of study as
near perfect as any one could. Her at
tainments in personal research were
note worthy and gave her high place
among her profession. Aud the way she
interested the girls in calculus and quar-
/ terniosn was "juet mErVerous," as they
themselves put 1t.
She was one OF the few Vassar instruct
ors VINO did not strike terror to the healt
| of the freshman. A new student after q
"squelchlng' in q Livy or Plato class
could revive after being thus scared
off," as the young women call it,
and take hope again in the
thought of the approaching hour
/ with Prof Braislin. She cheered and en-
couraged her charges in other ways. Her
psrIors on "Third Corridor South" of the
big college building was the rendezvous
Of ali the bomeeick girls, and there are
some pretty good cases of Inconsistencies
at Vassar st times. A student calling on
her was conscious that this new friend
felt personal interest in her as mem
Der of the college family, and was relieved
that one among 900 strange persons
would know her by another name than
plain "Miss." Members of al
classes have much to do with the LADY
principal, but intimate as their rela-
tions with her become, the end OF -four
years generally finds that one remains
"Miss" 80 her, while at the end OF four
dsys Miss Braishn Knows ana calls one
bY ones first name. And that pleases the
young women immensely.
While Prot. Braislin was thus winning
the affections of class after class and was
building up an enduring reputation as
professor OF mathematics in q leading
women's college, there came to the col
lepe two rich sisters as students
II WAS deemed notable coinci
dence that there should come under
Miss Braisiin's charge as teacher
two Young women whose father, IS ira
dition hath it, was Miss Braislin's esrll
love. One OF these students was in the
cIsss of 1884, and the other followed the
specigl course in music. Before they were
graduated their mother died. After the
sisters came back from the funeral, ano
from thai time al through their stay ct col
lege, they were drawn close to the loyabl'
: teacher of mathematics. Thereafter, o
course, their father ssw something OF Mis-
Braislin. And to make this history ast g.
happy as it should be, and taking thes'
events TO proper climax, the father a
} the right time offered to Miss Braislii
himself and his fortune and the mother
T hood OF the two girls.
The Vassar students don't know
/ whether the Professor hesitated, but the
) believe she did. However, she decide'
: to accept MI. Merrick, and when SD
babe goodbye to the college people o.
last Juue's sunny commencement after
l noon she spoke her valedictory thFoug
, the students and the faculty neve
+ dreamed it. No one heard the news unit
e the college opened few days ago. An
g then there was CHATTER Of tongues in tn
: corridors, class-rooms and parlors.
: reminded them, the girl said, of the VS.
r in which Miss Freeman, president {
l Wellesley, had just given up her mig
: position TO be married; and particular
5 of how Ex-Governor Long of Massachr
e sets, re emily fell in love with the prin
I ctpal of school in which he had places
? his daughter, waited until graduatio
e day and then married the teacher.
q Timothy MerricB, the man Miss Brals
= lin will marry, is one of the weslthles
T aud best known manufacturers 1nHoiyoK'
y Re is ABOUT so years old, and hss sper
!, most os his life in Holyoke, where he
!; honored and respected. He is treasure
|, of the MerricK Thread Company, whic
4; has cspital stock of $500, 900. employs
over 1000 hands, and produces 1000, OF
spools OF thread per annurn. He
president of the FAIR Alpaca Con
y papy and of the Merrick Luz
!. Der Company, and is director
@ the Hudson River Water Power and Pap
s. Company. He is also president OF Il
e Mechanics Savings Bank. He has lor
). been prominent member of the SecoI
y Baptist Church, and is now desco
) He hss been twice msrried, his last wi
3, having died about three years ago. d
l. family consists Of seven cbildfen-fol
BOYS and three girls. The eldest son,
IN 81. Merrick, is assistant superintendai
of the Merrick Thread Mill and you
msn of considerable promise.
The oldest daughter, Miss Tina, one
the Vassar girls, is an attractive you'
woman, and she has had charge of b
fathers household since the death OF
SC lass Mrs. Merrick. The second dsughte
~ Miss Susie, has been out of health 4